ÜBER DIESE EPISODE
Welcome to Difficult Conversations About Beauty, a podcast hosted by Anita East — author of the book Beautiful Unique Faces and a Nurse Practitioner with a special interest in dermatology, primary care, non-surgical cosmetic medicine, women’s health, and nutritional medicine.
This podcast explores the science, psychology, and social impact of beauty through honest and evidence-based conversations.
Before we begin, please note that the information shared in this podcast is intended for general educational purposes only. It does not replace personalised medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Every individual’s health needs are unique, and listeners are encouraged to seek guidance from a qualified health-care professional who understands their personal medical history.
If medicines or prescription-only products are discussed in this episode, that information is intended solely for registered health-care professionals and is provided in accordance withAHPRA and TGA regulations. These discussions are not advertisements, endorsements, or recommendations for use.
By continuing to listen, you acknowledge that Difficult Conversations About Beauty provides professional discussion and education — not direct clinical advice.
If you haven’t already, listen to my heartfelt chat with much-loved Australian personality Angie Kent here - https://youtu.be/hDPOsnUbgj0?si=795V3CJofboNu6TD
Sadly, Angie’s experience with cosmetic treatments is a common one. In our chat, Angie revealed her experience from being overtreated to a 12-month period of painfully dissolving the treatment.
Angie sparks a hugely important conversation on beauty standards and inclusivity. In this solo episode of reflection, I question why and how we initially and continue to get it all wrong.
You see, Angie fell foul of the trend of the last few years, which is all about creating the same set of lips, cheeks, chins, and jawlines—essentially creating clones of each other. Not only is there nothing attractive, let alone beautiful, about this ‘look,’ but my colleagues and I need to consider carefully the unintended and harmful consequences on people's physical and mental health.
It’s about time we embraced diversity in cosmetic medicine and focused on the uniqueness of every face we see. Beauty has many faces, so let's question the idea of a "perfect" face and remind ourselves of its subjectivity.
Inclusive cosmetic medicine celebrates diversity, respects individual appearance, and shakes up the single beauty standard. However, this trend has a massive shortfall, and TGA and AHPRA are trying to rectify it. Is it too little, too late?
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